Today’s Gospel reading, from Luke 24: 36b-48 ends with the words: You’re the witnesses!! For Luke, to fulfil the hope of the resurrection is to tell the story of Jesus – what he did , how he was rejected and then vindicated; and at the same time to live by the power of the same…

Easter Greetings …Writing in the middle of Holy Week I am mindful of the desire to rush towards Sunday and the resurrection, for it is a much easier place to reside than in the horror of Good Friday or the liminality of Saturday. We long to reach Sunday where we can proclaim “Jesus Christ is…

Greetings … As we approach Palm Sunday and Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem, I have been thinking about how it is that I welcome Jesus, and how that welcome is an ongoing one.  I am not one who tends to waive palm branches, but I have cried out ‘Hosanna’ at times, as well shutting the…

Greetings … As members of the Uniting Church we are called to walk together as First and Second Peoples envisaging a future which includes all of us. As one of the ‘second peoples’ it is not always easy to know how to go about this, but one way to start is by being informed.  The…

Greetings …What does the world sound like?According to an article I read recently, written by Claire Asher, climate change is impacting the way that the world sounds. To quote a couple of paragraphs …“In 2015, a US team of scientists and engineers reported that the loudest sound in some waters now comes from millions of…

Greetings … Last week I gave a bit of an explanation about Synod Council and the Meeting of that Council which I attended from Friday to Sunday.  While I missed being with all of you, it was a wonderful opportunity to gather with people from the breadth of the Uniting Church and to pray, reflect…

Greetings … This week I won’t be with you for worship as I will be participating in the 2021 Synod meeting which, for the first time, will be an online meeting.  Held over from 2020 due to Covid-19, Synod will meet from 26 to 28 February. So what is Synod? The Uniting Church is unique…

Greetings … I’d like to share with the introduction from a study series The Call to Discipleship: Six Lenten studies on what it means to follow Jesus.  The series is written by Rev Dr Christopher Walker, Uniting Church Minister.  We are now in the Season of Lent, a time in the Christian year that begins…

Greetings … On Sunday we celebrate Valentine’s Day … a day when we sometimes see shops decked out in red hearts and retailers encouraging us to spend on flowers, chocolates, jewellery, cards or a meal to share with that special someone.  Valentine’s Day seems to be less about love and more about commercial enterprise. Love…

Greetings …… and welcome to the first Community News of Activities are beginning again, so please make sure that you have a read of what’s going on and mark any significant dates in your diary. Isaiah 40:31 reminds us that “those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength”. I hope that after Christmas…